Monday, May 02, 2011

Celebrating Spring

It's been a cool spring so far and not very inspiring to be outside for long periods of time unless in the late afternoon when it warms up. I bought a pair of hedge trimmers/shears and Russell loves when I take a few minutes to trim tree branches or the ivy on the back fence or any other rouge plant that dares cross the fence line. This past weekend, we finally attacked the front planter that runs along the front of the house. It was overgrown with dead fern bushes...
(picture from February when we re-roofed)

﻿Before and After...

We even found a few ceramic critters buried in the dirt (minus the goose)... a frog, turtle, and coiled up snake...

Russell was such a help. The minute we cleared some foliage, he ran it to the street to add to our yard-clipping pile. The city actually has this amazing vehicle that scoops with pinchers and disposes of the piles into a secondary vehicle. Each Monday, there are piles all over the city like this...

... and my beloved California poppies. In the fall, I hope to get a few different varieties of other poppies and plant them so next spring will be even more beautiful. The plants take care of themselves- the type of plant I enjoy:-)

4 comments:

I'm so glad you posted new pics of ur place! The front garden looks great too....I love the poppies...my fave flower too.Mom and I started cleaning up the gardens on Sat....nice to see dirt again and get this....April 30, one garden still was frozen under the dirt!

About our family

One Canadian girl and one American boy who met and married in 2002. We lived in San Diego until November 2004 and then moved to the SF Bay area. Blessed with a son in January 2006. After many miscarriages and early losses, we were gifted with a baby girl in October 2009. Little Brother joined us in January 2012. Thanking God for our miracles!